Blacking Up Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Identity /

Explores tensions surrounding white participation in Hip-Hop. For some, it is an example of cultural progress. For others, it is just another case of cultural appropriation.

Other Authors: Infobase,, California Newsreel (Firm)
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : California Newsreel, [2010]
Distributed by Infobase,
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (56 min., 54 sec)) : sound, color.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Rap Battle (2:11);
  • Culture Exploited (3:03);
  • Acting Black (3:34);
  • Identity (3:30);
  • History of Culture Theft (3:23);
  • Hip-Hop Culture (4:45);
  • Wigger (5:40);
  • Hip-Hop Unites (2:27);
  • Popularity of Music (7:29);
  • New Minstrel Show (11:22);
  • When is it "Blacking Up?" (5:11);
  • Credits: Blacking up: Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Identity (1:04);